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Was it an early April Fools joke or a senior prank? Officials at a Williamson County school aren't sure why someone set thousands of crickets loose inside Ravenwood High School.

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I used to work for Cooks. The poor bug killer had to do that job for free himself. It did not cost Cooks as much as the poor bloke that had to spend his time working for free while he could have been making money to feed his family.

Oh be real name withheld is this your april fools joke?????First off you said "bloke",where are you from and second i doubt very much that cooks did not pay that man for the job he did,who are you kidding "bloke".This was great publicity for cooks,they will gain business because of it and i dont think they would want a worker going around complaining he did not get paid for that job over maybe a 100 bucks.

I used to work for Cooks. The poor bug killer had to do that job for free himself. It did not cost Cooks as much as the poor bloke that had to spend his time working for free while he could have been making money to feed his family.

Cook's cannot force him to work for free, so if the employee did not get paid he had to agree to it.

i used to work for cooks too and they are payed on commission, so no he wont be getting payed for the job since there is no money involved, but they will probably send guy and charlie out with their old can sprayers to coat your kids school in bug poison and sticky traps . good prank, beats some of the ones i saw yesterday.

Oh be real name withheld is this your april fools joke?????First off you said "bloke",where are you from and second i doubt very much that cooks did not pay that man for the job he did,who are you kidding "bloke".This was great publicity for cooks,they will gain business because of it and i dont think they would want a worker going around complaining he did not get paid for that job over maybe a 100 bucks.

Bloke means chap, fellow or man. The Cook's employee in fact, was not paid for his service. I would not have said that if it were not true. Cook's employees get paid only for scheduled service. Their employees are paid by "work tickets" with the amount posted on the ticket. This was not a scheduled service. I have had several non-scheduled jobs that I was paid nothing for my work. There was no "maybe 100 bucks" involved. Yes, Cook's got the publicity and the employee was left holding the bag.

i used to work for cooks too and they are payed on commission, so no he wont be getting payed forthe job since there is no money involved, but they will probably send guy and charlie out with their old can sprayers to coat your kids school in bug poison and sticky traps . good prank, beats some of the ones i saw yesterday.

Guy and Charlie. Are those useless SOB's still workng there? No, both of them are too lazy for what one would call "hard" work. They would just send out who ever was their least favorite to perform the job for free. And, I confirm the "paid by commission", so who ever did the job was not paid since there was no "job ticket" to set the amount of payment.

haha, I bet I know you and you know me too. I am sure glad I do not work in that hell hole any more.

yeah cooks or was a crappy place to work, 14 hour days, low pay, no decent raises, i spent years killing roaches in the ghetto under the worst imaginable working conditions and got no credit, they are all redneck racist super Christians and a lot of them including management are klu klux klan members. guy and charlie though old and lazy are probably the most redeeming people at the company.when budget cuts came down i was fired for a complaint from a lady from belle meade(as if those dont come in daily) and my route was divided among the others and eliminated, so they managed to screw me out of unemployment as well. thats what you get from a company based out of decatur alabama. I'm glad i'm not with the company now too and my life has improved considerably since i'm not "killing stuff for jesus" with the cookie crew.

<quoted text>You are mistaken, my friend. If you refuse what they tell you to do, you are fired. Tennessee is a "work at will" state.

First if you work for a company like this you choose to work under their conditions of employment, and if you choose not to file a complaint with the state while employed or after employment then you choose to allow these conditions to exists.

Now I did forget they work on commission, and I never managed commissioned employees, so that is why I quit posting on the subject. I am not up on the laws governing commission employees, but if you are a commissioned employee you need to learn them. If you do not do anything while employed that is understandable, you have bills to pay, but you need to report violations at least after you leave.

In this case, I believe that our new audible,insect technology, could have been effective here. We simply place a FEU ,(Freq. Emit. Units), in each of the classrooms, and in the hallway, approx. 60' apart, and leave at least 1 open exit, for each room. I do think, that this strategy, would be the most cost effective option plan. Once the pests have departed, the FEUs, are recovered, and collateral damage is kept to a minimum. This plan, would only require approx. 2 techs., for about 2 hours, (including the recovery of the FEUs). Minimal expend., and minimal labor costs incurred. Just call us, at 1-800-RID-PEST, for a free consultation. Ask about our free, aftercare programs, on 3 our month package plans. We pay $$ for referrals also.

<quoted text>First if you work for a company like this you choose to work under their conditions of employment, and if you choose not to file a complaint with the state while employed or after employment then you choose to allow these conditions to exists.Now I did forget they work on commission, and I never managed commissioned employees, so that is why I quit posting on the subject. I am not up on the laws governing commission employees, but if you are a commissioned employee you need to learn them. If you do not do anything while employed that is understandable, you have bills to pay, but you need to report violations at least after you leave.

Have you ever heard of having to take a job, whether you really want it or not, just because there was nothing else avalable at the time? Choice? If you are an employer, you need to learn a few things about the law yourself. I need to learn the laws? Tennesse is a work at will state, or did you not know that? In a "work at will" state, you have nothing to work for you. Just ask any attorney, I have. They just shrug their shoulders and say, "this is a work at will state, sorry". Report violations to whom? Please stop trying to show your knowledge where you have no expertise!

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